Carlos Rafael Vazquez Yanes, Venezuelan-born Mexican plant ecologist and physiologist (Maracaibo 23 August 1945 – Mexico 11 November 1999)
Authored over 70 papers, 26 book chapters and 2 books
Authored classic papers on ecophysiology of tropical forests seeds
Authored the first works on plants and atmosphere relationship in tropical lands
Discovered the first arboreal plant with CAM photosynthetic metabolism
Designed instrumentation for measuring environmental parameters